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Cases of pediatric transverse colon volvulus in the literature [2,3,5,8,9]
No.	Author (et al)	Year	Age	Sex	Presentation	Past medical history	Degree and direction of rotation	Management

1	Massot	1965	2	F	distension	nil	360° anti- clockwise	Detorsion
2	Cuderman	1971	10	F	vomiting distension	mental retardation, chronic constipation	clockwise	Colectomy, double barrel colostomy
3	Howell	1976	4	F	vomiting distension	chronic constipation	anti- clockwise	Detorsion, mesocolon resection, colostomy
4	Howell	1976	16	F	vomiting constipation distension	recurrent episodes	N/A	Transverse colon resection, colostomy
5	Eisenstat	1977	15	F	vomiting distension	mental retardation	N/A	Resection, colostomy. Aspirated: died 4^thday post operative
6	Dadoo	1977	12	M	constipation distension	recent severe diarrhoea	360° anti- clockwise	Detorsion. Elective resection
7	Neilson	1990	11	M	vomiting constipation distension	hirschprung's, chronic constipation	360° clockwise	Detorsion, colostomy
8	Mindelzun	1991	15	M	vomiting distension	mental retardation, chronic constipation	N/A	Detorsion
9	Mellor	1994	2	N/A	vomiting distension	nil	N/A	Detorsion, resection of transverse colon
10	Mercado-Deare	1995	7	M	vomiting distension	mental retardation, myotonic dystrophy, hydrocephalus	360°	Detorsion
11	Houshian	1998	9	F	vomiting constipation distenstion	recurrent episodes	720° clockwise	Detorsion
12	Samuel	2000	5	M	constipation distention	cerebral palsy	N/A	Resection with primary anastomosis
13	Jornet	2003	12	M	distension	nil	180°	Detorsion
14	Liolios	2003	10	F	vomiting constipation distension	trisomy 13, mental retardation, chronic constipation	360° clockwise	Detorsion. Extended right hemi. Died after 28 days: chest infection
15	Rahbour	2010	15	M	vomiting constipation distension	nil	360° clockwise	Transeverse colon resection, loop ileostomy

Rahbour et al. World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2010 5:19 doi:10.1186/1749-7922-5-19

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